These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Specialty differences in primary cesarean section rates in a rural hospital.
    Author: Hueston WJ.
    Journal: Fam Pract Res J; 1992 Sep; 12(3):245-53. PubMed ID: 1414428.
    Abstract:
    To evaluate if physician specialty is a factor in determining whether cesarean sections are performed, a retrospective review of all obstetrical records was performed at a rural hospital in northeastern Kentucky. Review of 1522 patients who delivered between January 1, 1987, and June 30, 1989, showed that staff obstetricians had a 10.8% cesarean rate compared with 8.9% for family physicians. Analysis of the diagnoses that led to cesarean delivery showed no difference between the specialties for cesarean sections performed for fetal distress, preeclampsia, or other high-risk problems, but obstetricians had an increased cesarean section rate for cephalopelvic disproportion (10.7% of all deliveries vs 6.3% for family physicians, P less than 0.001). These results suggest that physician specialty may influence cesarean section rates, although other factors could also contribute to these results.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]